tar 1.33 symlinks : Cannot change mode to...

[Ken Brown]

On 1/11/2021 2:57 PM, Morgan King via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am experiencing the same issue with tar and I am able to reproduce it following the steps at:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2011-08/msg00006.html
> 
> This issue only appears to occur when using 32-bit Cygwin, I am unable to reproduce it using 64-bit Cygwin. I need to use 32-bit Cygwin since I use a 32-bit application which depends on Cygwin.

This turned out to be a Cygwin bug, which has now been fixed.  As soon as 
Corinna has a chance to upload new snapshots to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/, 
you'll be able to test it.

Thanks for the report, and thanks especially for pointing out that the problem 
occurred only on 32-bit Cygwin.

Ken